WORLD WAR II
PATHFINDER
Reference Books:
World War II Encyclopedia (8 volumes) REF 954 GRO
World War II Almanac (2 volumes) REF 954 WOR
World War II Primary Sources (1 volume) REF 954 WOR
GENERAL WEBSITES:
The History Place: World
War Two in Europe
An extensive comprehensive timeline of
World War II and the Holocaust are found here.
A People at
War
The National Archives and Records Administration
highlights the contributions of thousands
of Americans who served during
WWII. An excellent site.
What
Did You Do in the War, Grandma?
High school students present fascinating interviews with
women who were involved in WWII.
AITLC
Guide to World War II
Access Indiana Teaching and Learning Center developed this
site for K-12 students.
World
War II Commemoration
Grolier created this commemorative for the 50th anniversary
of the end of the war.
WWII
Resources
One of the best places for primary resources related to the
war that is broken down into categories.
World
War II Document
Prepared by Yale Law School.
World
War II Resources
Primary source materials pertaining to the involvement in
WWII>
American
Memory: From the Depression to World War II
The Library of Congress provides this extensive collection
concerning the Great
Depression to American involvement in the war.
Many primary sources are located here.
ATOMIC
BOMB:
Atomic Bomb: Decision
Documents on the decision to use the atomic bomb are reproduced here in full-text
form.
In most cases, the originals are in the US National Archives.
Scientific
Data of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Disaster
This page provides some of the data from Division of Scientific Data Registry Atomic
Bomb Disease
Institute, School of Medicine, Nagasaki University) through the Internet.
Truman Press
Release
Prepared by the Truman Library, this site provides a copy of
Truman's press release related
to the dropping of the atomic bomb and provides a
vocabulary list and discussion questions.
Atomic
Archive
This site explores the complex history surrounding the invention of the atomic bomb -
a crucial turning point for all
mankind. The timeline of events is helpful. Recommended by Mr. Cieslik
Dan's
History: Atomic Bomb
This site, recommended by Mr. Cieslik, provides information about various
aspects of the atomic
bomb development.
WEBSITES WITH IMAGES:
Mr. Kaiblinger's classes, use these.
National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.archives.gov/research_room/research_topics/world_war_2_photos/world_war_2_photos.html
202 images from the National Archives and Records
Administration. Read the descriptions, and
click on the links. Credit must be given to this site if
images are used.
Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fahome.html
Images from the Library of Congress’ Farm Security
Information- Office of War Information collection.
Search Keywords for black and white or color photos. Try
“war” as a keyword. This collection of
images focuses mainly on the home front.
World War II Pictures-
FDR Library
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/wwphotos.html
Public domain photos from the Franklin D. Roosevelt
presidential library and museum.
Search by keyword or browse.
NOTE: The image links in this pathfinder were located and evaluated by
Daniel Krystkiewicz.
THE
MEDIA AND WORLD WAR II:
Ad*Access-World
War II
Browse this site by time period.
JAPANESE
INTERNMENT:
Japanese
American Internment
Geocities provides extensive information
and photographs related this sad tragedy. Manzanar is included.
Evacuation and
Internment of San Francisco Japanese
The museum of San Francisco provides this site that
provides a chronological listing and
links to information about the Internment.